Rudimental at Brixton Academy, SW9

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Transport the kids from Fame to modern-day Hackney and you might end up with Rudimental. The band who won Best Album at the MOBO Awards for their chart-topping debut, Home, are a core quartet from East London who, live, became an all-singing, all-dancing, all instrument-swapping nine-piece plus guests.

Running on stage like a slickly choreographed street gang, Rudimental looked a little like So Solid Crew, although the trumpet-soaked opener Give You Up sounded more like a mix of Soul II Soul and Groove Armada. In fact, you could namecheck numerous British dance bands who Rudimental recalled. Their rotating cast of